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00:04You
00:35Maybe she got held on.
00:41Sorry, I'm not used to someone of your stature.
00:44Oh, yay!
00:47Are all your parts intact?
00:50You bet.
00:51Oh, I like your jacket.
00:53Cynthia thinks it's douchey.
00:54Oh, no.
00:56No, no, no.
00:56No, it were for you because you were always so perfectly styled.
00:59You don't notice how I dress?
01:01Yes.
01:02Yes, I do.
01:07It's been forever since I had an afternoon off.
01:10You deserve it.
01:11Well, I don't know about that.
01:13No.
01:14Well, no, I don't think anyone deserves anything.
01:18That is rather Puritan of you, Vlad.
01:20I am a big-time Puritan.
01:22No, you aren't.
01:23I am.
01:24No, you are not.
01:25Yes, I am.
01:25No, at grad school, Cynthia basically had to hit me over the head with a frying pan to...
01:30Oh.
01:32Anyway, yes, I am.
01:34I'm a pretty buttoned-up fellow, don't you think?
01:37I mean, I don't know.
01:38I suppose I...
01:41I don't know you well enough.
01:48Are we not going to eat on Main Street?
01:50My fault.
01:51We go a little further afield.
01:55As long as I'm back by five.
01:57Well, we'll see about that.
01:59It goes home, home, home.
02:12Why are you blowing up?
02:13Sorry.
02:14Do you want me to...
02:14Oh, yes.
02:15If you could just grab my, uh...
02:17No, if you could just put it...
02:18Put it on my...
02:19Sure.
02:19Yeah, yeah, I do.
02:20Oh, yes.
02:21Sorry.
02:22Um...
02:23Oh, God.
02:23It's just a friend.
02:31I know the hearings today.
02:34You do?
02:36I understand why you want to be somewhere else.
02:38Oh, thank you for saying that.
02:40Well, yeah, you need a break from it all.
02:42But you wouldn't say I deserve a break.
02:44No, I'm kidding.
02:44You're the only person I'd say deserves a break.
02:51Oh, well, I know you're gluten-free.
02:53I mean, when I'm being good.
02:56Are you being good today?
02:58I'm gonna try.
02:59Hmm.
03:02Um...
03:02Red or white?
03:04Cool.
03:05Should we do glasses or a bottle?
03:07Will you drink more than one?
03:08I haven't gotten day drunk in many years.
03:12Oh, well, in that case,
03:13we are definitely getting a bottle.
03:16Um, hi.
03:16Could we possibly have this, uh, Montepulciano?
03:20Of course.
03:21Please.
03:22Okay.
03:25You're fun.
03:28Let's see you on our way to swim class.
03:30Aw.
03:30I take her every Wednesday.
03:32It's the best part of my week.
03:34Mm-hmm.
03:34Mm-hmm.
03:35Would now be a good time to talk about your book?
03:38Sure.
03:39Yeah, let's, let's, uh, let's pop the cherry.
03:41Oh.
03:42Sorry.
03:43Oh, no, no, no.
03:44Let's pop it.
03:45Well, first, I think you're a genius, and you're gonna be very famous.
03:53Oh.
03:54I don't know about that.
03:56Oh, you'd be surprised.
03:57Things are gonna happen for you.
03:59I know it.
04:01Wow.
04:02Are those notes?
04:03Do you mind?
04:05No, I'm flattered.
04:06I mean, too much.
04:08No, no, no, no, no.
04:09No, please.
04:10Oh, should we, um, put our phones away?
04:13Yeah, I wish I could.
04:14It's just, you know, Cynthia might need me.
04:16I don't want to worry about her.
04:18She, uh, she's been...
04:20Distant?
04:22I don't want to talk about it.
04:24Um, you know what?
04:26I have a challenge for you, Vlad.
04:28What's that?
04:28How about we make this afternoon about you?
04:33Certainly be a change of pace.
04:35Well, what I find so remarkable about your book is that, um, you've created this, this
04:43character that has intense results.
04:44There's a rather tried and true way to seduce fellow writers, and that is to pay them some
04:50attention.
04:52I have found that there is nothing more irresistible than attention.
04:57Close reading, not only to the words, but to the person who wrote the words.
05:03And I think if Vlad can understand how deeply I see him...
05:07I could kiss you.
05:09Oh.
05:09I don't get feedback like that anymore.
05:11Cynthia's a good reader, but, you know, it's kind of like, this bit's too long, or that
05:17guy's too fake, and that's, that's it, so.
05:21I'm not used to this kind of attention.
05:23I mean, your book just moves.
05:25I'm, I'm not sure I achieved that with mine.
05:28I'm offering a segue.
05:32Um, do you have the time?
05:34Uh, uh, uh, yeah, it's, uh, 3.30.
05:38Darn it.
05:38I, I wish we could hang out more.
05:41Um, I'll be back in a minute, sir.
05:42Can we get a sec?
05:49Oh, excuse me, excuse me.
05:50Hello.
05:51Yes, can I help you?
05:52Yes.
05:52May we please have coffees, two front of Brancas, and please hold the chair because it's his birthday.
06:03Tell me what happened.
06:05He was the chair.
06:07I went to him to ask for advice.
06:09He offered to read my work, and then he asked if I would like to go to a bar later
06:15to discuss.
06:16Yes, the bar was in a hotel.
06:20I knew sex was on the table.
06:23Everyone knew that John slept with undergrads.
06:27We all knew that.
06:31My brothers are all in finance.
06:34Um, yeah, they think I'm homeless.
06:37Sorry, have you seen the waiter?
06:39Happy birthday to you.
06:42Happy birthday to you.
06:45Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you.
06:53Wow.
06:59How'd you know?
07:01Well, it's not your birthday.
07:03Did Cynthia tell you?
07:05Wait, it is your birthday?
07:08You came out for lunch with me on your birthday?
07:11I had no idea.
07:13It's not my birthday.
07:16Oh.
07:19No, no, no, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll get it.
07:22I'll get it.
07:22Oh, no way, we'll, we'll split it.
07:23No, I am too old to split a check.
07:25I'll, uh, you'll owe me a lunch.
07:27I may never be let out of the house ever again.
07:31I'm sorry that we couldn't stay longer.
07:34I need to sober up.
07:36Will you excuse me for a moment?
07:53He doesn't want to go.
08:11a cliché, but true.
08:26Professor Vlodinsky, I have an idea.
08:28I have this sweet little cabin nearby, and I wanted to show it to you.
08:32It's for writing, you know, like for a retreat.
08:34So I thought we could go there, and I could offer you a prompt.
08:38You have no idea how much I want to do that.
08:43But I just, I think I should probably go home.
08:46I think Cynthia would kill me.
08:47You know, sometimes it's better to ask forgiveness than get permission.
08:51You know, she's working her ass off on this book.
08:53She's coming home at 2 a.m. every night, and I'm just, I'm worried about her.
08:57Are you sure she's working on the book?
09:01What?
09:01Lad, how are you going to enrich your inner life if you are always on the clock?
09:11All right, I need to call Cynthia first.
09:14Mm-hmm.
09:18It's done.
09:20What does Cynthia say?
09:22She told me to have fun.
09:24She is a cool wife.
09:29Do you ever find it hard in a marriage to understand that the other person wants you to be happy?
09:37Who can ever understand what another person wants?
09:39Truly.
09:45We're two minutes away.
09:50Is there cell service?
09:51Oh, no.
09:52No cell service, no Wi-Fi, no distractions.
09:56Just us.
10:01Oh, my God.
10:06How long have you had this?
10:13Yeah, it's perfect.
10:15I'm glad you like it.
10:17Oh, no.
10:19Is that a cappellina?
10:20Mm, I found this lime juice.
10:23I hope it's okay.
10:25Do you like them?
10:26Of course.
10:30Thanks.
10:32Would you like to go and write?
10:35Now?
10:36Now, you could use the bedroom.
10:39I think I'd rather just talk.
10:44Cheers.
10:45Cheers.
10:48I like Florence.
10:50I don't mean to be hard on her.
10:51No, I like her.
10:52She's definitely one of the most irritating persons on the planet.
10:55She's just, you know, she's a challenge.
10:57Yeah.
10:57You're empty.
11:01Yeah, I always drink too fast.
11:03Stay here, and I'll make you another one.
11:08Fuck it.
11:10Thanks.
11:13But he was so complimentary.
11:15I thought he was interested in me because he liked my writing.
11:20I felt chosen.
11:22And he was charming.
11:26Okay.
11:28We will hear the remaining testimonies tomorrow.
11:31I say he'll leave it next to everyone.
11:31Bye, I'll leave it tomorrow.
11:33Bye, I'll leave it next tomorrow!
11:33Bye.
11:46Bye, I'll leave it next to another bye!
11:52I'll leave his oscar starketos to go to palm oil 6000 more or 7000 more time.
11:54Well, he'll go whenever I say.
11:54Bye!
11:54So, I'll leave it tomorrow.
11:55Bye, bye.
11:55Bye, bye24.
12:00Well, not vie.
12:09Oh, I was going to bring these out to you.
12:11It's okay. The sun was getting a bit too much.
12:15Got to protect the moneymaker.
12:17Oh, yeah.
12:18Crossing the safety.
12:21Stagner.
12:22What a rider.
12:23Oh, you like him, huh?
12:31I'm sorry, Vlad, but weren't we going to discuss each other's books?
12:37Oh.
12:39Ah, shit. Yeah.
12:40I mean, I'm sorry I didn't even bring it up, but wasn't that the plan?
12:43No, no, yeah, yeah, of course. Hold on.
12:45Where is I?
12:47Yeah.
12:51Yeah, I'm sorry.
12:52It's just, you know, you're a very, um, formidable person.
12:55Oh, please.
12:57Yeah, I felt a bit shy, so...
12:59Anyway.
13:04Here you are.
13:15Yeah, sorry about all the...
13:20What does this, um, a WIW mean?
13:25Wish I wrote.
13:29Yeah, I think I'm a little hot for your narrator.
13:34Yeah, it really spoke to me, personally.
13:39In what way?
13:41All of one's different wants being in conflict with each other.
13:48That's how I feel.
13:49I never seem to make up my mind about what I want.
13:56Why can't I just come out with it?
14:09You got records.
14:12What if I take a look?
14:14Oh, of course.
14:20One, two, three.
14:21One, two, three.
14:22That's the basic step.
14:23That's good.
14:24How do you know how to do this?
14:25I used to go to a salsa club in Florida when I was 16.
14:28Very formative.
14:29How?
14:31I like dancing with the 30-year-old women.
14:34Oh, sorry.
14:35Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
14:36Yeah.
14:36Move these.
14:40There you go.
14:42Okay.
14:43Yeah.
14:46All right, so, I'm a bit too busy.
14:50Okay, I'm going to try and turn, okay?
14:52Okay.
14:53Whoop!
14:56That was good.
14:59Whoop!
15:00Oh!
15:01Oops!
15:02Yeah.
15:03Oh.
15:05Oh, yeah, I meant to, um, I just forgot.
15:07I brought these for you.
15:09I wanted to return them.
15:16Should I put them on?
15:20No.
15:22Sure.
15:24Sure.
15:37You know, if I had a place like this to go, I don't know what I'd write about.
15:42I'm so lost.
15:43Oh, well, that sounds hard.
15:47What's your new book about?
15:48I can't talk about it.
15:51You don't need to tell me the story, but, you know, what's it about?
15:55Well, I suppose it's about desire, the spiritual imperative of desire, how sometimes in one's life wanting something can feel
16:11akin to holiness.
16:20I think I'm going to take a swim and then go back to my real life.
16:26A swim?
16:28Since you brought my trucks.
16:30It's going to be quite cold in there.
16:31I'm rushing.
16:41I'll drive him home and drop him off, and the next time we see each other, we'll pretend that nothing
16:47out of the ordinary has happened.
16:49We'll continue a friendly, but distant relationship, look down and smile when we pass each other in the halls, and
16:59one day I will look at him and wonder what I ever felt.
17:04It's better that way.
17:06It's just life.
17:09It was a nice afternoon.
17:18What did I expect, that he was going to take my face in his hands and kiss me?
17:24I'm not a teenager anymore.
17:27I'm not even 35.
18:02I don't want him to go.
18:06I don't want him to go.
18:08I don't want him to go.
18:37Oh, God, you're freezing!
18:40Oh, oh.
18:43He might get very drunk and be in no state for a long drive.
18:46Um, you should get in the shower.
18:48I'm gonna, I'm gonna turn it on.
18:50Okay.
19:02The hot water's gonna run out.
19:08Oh.
19:09Your, um, the hot water ran out.
19:11Oh.
19:12Right out.
19:12Oh, my God, you're, just, wait, let me, hold on.
19:21Oh, my God, this is John's sweaters.
19:23Oh, it's Irish wool.
19:24Okay.
19:25Just stay there, I'll get your clothes.
19:29Oh, my God.
19:35Oh, my God.
19:36Oh, my God.
19:37Oh, my God.
19:39Oh, my God.
19:39Oh, my God.
19:39Oh, my God.
19:40Oh, my God.
19:41Oh, my God.
19:42Oh, my God.
19:45Oh, my God.
19:58Oh, my God.
19:59Oh, my God.
20:00Oh, my God.
20:03Oh, my God.
20:03Oh, my God.
20:04Oh, my God.
20:05Oh, my God.
20:05Oh, my God.
20:06Oh, my God.
20:07Oh, my God.
20:07Oh, my God.
20:08Oh, my God.
20:09Oh, my God.
20:11Oh, my God.
20:13Oh, my God.
20:13Is that what you want?
20:14You gonna do it?
20:16Vlad?
20:17No.
20:18Vlad?
20:19Is that what you want?
20:21Vlad?
20:22Okay, I'm just gonna wake you up a little bit.
20:25Oh!
20:26Oh!
20:28God, I thought Russians could drink.
20:41In medieval, or even Elizabethan agrarian times, mothers would tie their babies to chairs
20:48to keep them safe and upright so they could go work in the fields.
20:52Oh, my God.
20:53I'm gonna trust you, I can let you know.
20:55I'm gonna take to the point like a death to the point.
20:56I'm gonna take them out.
20:57I'm gonna take them out.
20:57I'm gonna take them out.
20:58Crazy, amazing, boo-coop.
21:00Baby, awful, luxury.
21:02Baby, who knew you'd go fucking crazy?
21:04Crazy, got them going crazy.
21:06All of these hating ass bitches don't face me.
21:07Like Daisy.
21:09Got them going crazy.
21:10All of these hating ass bitches don't face me.
21:11No baby, no crazy.
21:13Huh.
21:14Love, love, crazy.
21:16Huh.
21:17Yeah.
21:18Love, love, love, crazy.
21:19Yeah.
21:20Yeah.
21:20I'm gonna take them out.
21:22Love, love, crazy.
21:23Ah.
21:30It's good.
21:34Ah.
21:36Ah.
21:37Ah.
21:39Ah.
21:40Ah.
21:40Ah.
21:41Ah.
21:41Ah.
21:42Ah.
21:44Ah.
21:45Ah.
21:46Ah.
21:49It's just us.
22:28He'll be grateful he wrote this because of honesty.
23:04He dropped his phone.
23:16When he wakes up, I'll explain.
23:17He drank too much, and I couldn't move him.
23:34I'll just keep the job.
24:11I'll just keep the job.
24:31I'll just keep the job.
24:35I'll just keep the job.
24:42I'll just keep the job.
25:35I'll just keep the job.
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26:17I'll just keep the job.
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26:30I'll just keep the job.
26:31I'll just keep the job.
26:33I'll just keep the job.